13 page
story
"The Unbelievable Menace of Moomba"

Characters

Moomba; Frank; Katu

Synopsis

An explorer discovers that native African wood carvings are actually an advance fifth column invasion force under the command of Moomba. Moomba gives his command to strike and all the carvings get up and begin to herd and intimidate their human owners as the wood they are crafted of is so dense that neither fire nor any other human weapons can defeat them. Using unknown means, a native African witch doctor defeats Moomba and extracts a promise from him to leave Earth along with all of his warriors.

Genre

monsters

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Notes

Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp), and part two—"The Menace That Was...Moomba" (7 pp). It is an elaboration of the plot of "I Was the Prisoner of the Living Statues!" drawn by John Forte, in Tales to Astonish #6 (November 1959).

2 page
text story
"The Green Man"

A former pilot can't get anyone to believe his story about the fatal radium poisoning he picked up from an alien, and so keeps spreading it.

Genre

science fiction

Letters

typeset

Notes

Text story with illustration.

Reprinted

from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #2 (April 1952)

5 page
story
"Less Than Human"

Characters

John Harris; Alice Harris; Billy Harris; Roby the Robot

Synopsis

A strident anti-robot activist is convinced of the worth of robots when his son is saved by his robotic playmate.

Genre

science fiction

Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Notes

Narrated in the first person. This story is an altered retelling of "The Robot Hater", drawn by Paul Reinman in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #3 (May 1959). Writing tentatively credited to Stan Lee on the basis of his plot credit in a later retelling of the story.